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Fewer loans subject to moratoria
The monthly update also reported that the value of loans subject to a moratorium as of the end of December edged down to €748.7 million, equivalent to 6.4 per cent of related outstanding loans.
Loan moratoria offers were introduced last year by banks to local residents and business owners, as part of efforts to limit the economic impact of pandemic-caused economic slowdown.
The reduced overall value of loans subject to moratoria is a sign that some businesses and households have resumed their loan repayments, thus signaling a recovery in income flows.
By the end of 2020, 537 facilities for working capital purposes had been granted under the Malta Development Bank COVID-19 Guarantee Scheme to businesses impacted by the pandemic, corresponding to total sanctioned amounts of €408.1 million, equivalent to more than half of the scheme’s target size.
COVID vaccines to be deployed to Caribbean countries in March
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Assistant Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa said the COVAX facility will start deploying COVID-19 vaccines to Caribbean countries in March.
“We cannot provide you with the date and the amount of doses for each country,” Barbosa said during a PAHO press briefing.
“We need to make this kind of estimation for 190 countries that are a part of COVAX. But, the deployment of the vaccines through COVAX will be made [with] equitable access.
“So, we’ll be deploying these vaccines to the countries in the Caribbean in March. We have an initiative that’s called the first wave initiative that will provide a very limited amount of the vaccine in February to some countries. This is kind of a pilot project in these countries.”
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